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Lord Howe Swamphen
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Lord Howe Swamphen
Porphyrio albus
The Lord Howe swamphen or white gallinule (Porphyrio albus) is an extinct species of rail that was endemic to Lord Howe Island, Australia.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 517.